Babelomurex shingomarumai
| Babelomurex shingomarumai | |
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| Shell of Babelomurex shingomarumai (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Babelomurex |
| Species: | B. shingomarumai |
| Binomial name | |
| Babelomurex shingomarumai (Kosuge, 1981) | |
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Babelomurex shingomarumai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 24 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines, New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the Fidji Islands.
References
- ↑ Babelomurex shingomarumai (Kosuge, 1981). 14 August 2012. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Kosuge, S. (1981). Descriptions of three new species of the genus Latiaxis from Japan and Philippines (Gastropoda Muricacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tōkyō. 1(6): 88-90, pl. 29.
- Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585. page(s): 530